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it's one that is subject that the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that it's been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played a -- i think a -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly sort of large role visions of american power, a surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel, and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available. and as of this week has actually shown up. it's a volume called campaign 2012. some of these papers we have already had the events for. some of them we have not already had the events for, but we will be doing so over the next few remaining months of the campaign. the books are available at a table outside this hall when you guys leave. and i hope you enjoy it. so to discuss today's subject, the main paper was written by bruce jones, who is a senior fellow in governance studies here and at nyu as well. and our response papers were written by homi kharas who is a senior fellow als
it's one that is subject that the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that it's been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played a -- i think a -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly sort of large role visions of american power, a surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel, and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available. and as...
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but president obama has challenged this idea. a memorandum by the justice department as office of legal council said the pro forma sessions were shams and may not be used to narrow the number of days that the senate was out of session. you'll hear a lot about that subject today. whether the pro forma sessions were long enough to reduce the recession. but keep your eye on the ball. the constitutions language on appointments is the heart of the issue. it seems to give the senate an important role in all appointments. you can see it up on the screen over there. no one questions that the constitution gives the senate a majority -- a major role in the appointments process. if that is true, then here is the question you should keep in mind as you hear the discussion today. if the president can make recess appointments when ever the senate is out of town, what is left of the senate's constitutional power to advise and consent? now, here is the way that we will proceed in today's session. the first statement will be made by mort rose enb
but president obama has challenged this idea. a memorandum by the justice department as office of legal council said the pro forma sessions were shams and may not be used to narrow the number of days that the senate was out of session. you'll hear a lot about that subject today. whether the pro forma sessions were long enough to reduce the recession. but keep your eye on the ball. the constitutions language on appointments is the heart of the issue. it seems to give the senate an important role...
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well, this is an appropriate day for talking about regulation to disaster because less that president obama promised once more to develop the energy sources of the future. republican or democrat decides to develop energy projects, taxpayers had better watch out. governments get in the business of picking winners and losers, which leads to cronyism and wasted taxpayer dollars. this is the question of industrial policy. whether government should support business ventures and new technology that are unable to secure private hunting, government appears to be worse than private market in the records that we have over the past five years. in california in may, mitt romney said, quote, the president doesn't understand when you invest like that in one solar energy company makes it harder for solar technology generally because the scores from the ranch partners in the field suddenly lost their opportunity to get capital. who wants to put money into a solar company when the government puts half a billion into one of its choice? excellent question. i wrote this book because were not just spending half
well, this is an appropriate day for talking about regulation to disaster because less that president obama promised once more to develop the energy sources of the future. republican or democrat decides to develop energy projects, taxpayers had better watch out. governments get in the business of picking winners and losers, which leads to cronyism and wasted taxpayer dollars. this is the question of industrial policy. whether government should support business ventures and new technology that...
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president obama thinks the economy is struggling because the stimulus wasn't big enough. the economy is struggling because government is too big and we're going to bring it down to size. [ applause ] this campaign is just getting going. it's going to be fun. we're going to be -- [ cheers ] >> and we're going to be -- the contrast could not be bigger. he said the other day this is going to be a defining election. that's one thing i agree with him on. we have a very different vision for america. my vision says, for instance, we can't keep spending more than we take in to the tune of a trillion dollars is year. it's time to cut, cap and balance the budget! [ cheers and applause ] and people say -- people say how are you going to do that? and i say, well, you start off by taking all the programs we have and say which of them can we not just slow their rate of growth in, which ones can we eliminate, get rid of, cut all together? and the first on the list is oba obamacare. let's get rid of that one! [ cheers and applause ] and there are -- you know, there are other programs we'
president obama thinks the economy is struggling because the stimulus wasn't big enough. the economy is struggling because government is too big and we're going to bring it down to size. [ applause ] this campaign is just getting going. it's going to be fun. we're going to be -- [ cheers ] >> and we're going to be -- the contrast could not be bigger. he said the other day this is going to be a defining election. that's one thing i agree with him on. we have a very different vision for...
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with the four obama appointment, the combined numbers for the bush and obama administrations is 171 intrasession appointments to 36 intercession appointments. if t
with the four obama appointment, the combined numbers for the bush and obama administrations is 171 intrasession appointments to 36 intercession appointments. if t
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bush closer than his relationship with barack obama? what relationship does -- he is not even going himself to the meetings in chicago this week, nato meeting. >> i don't think there is a relationship at all with barack obama at this stage. they may develop one. but he had a good relationship with george w. bush, about i think george w. bush made a clear point of trying to establish that relationship, because those kinds of relationships make a difference in international relations. >> you think the problem is with nato? >> no, i can't -- disagree more. this is a guy who is drunk on power, imagines himself as a kind of latter day czar. this term will not end well, whether quite into mubarak territory, but the russian people do not consider this regime legitimate and over time that will play out. >> but -- [overlapping speakers] >> yes, but why did we move nato up on to his front porch and which were three soviet republics into nato and almost bring in ukraine and georgia? that is right in your face! i understand -- [overlapping speakers
bush closer than his relationship with barack obama? what relationship does -- he is not even going himself to the meetings in chicago this week, nato meeting. >> i don't think there is a relationship at all with barack obama at this stage. they may develop one. but he had a good relationship with george w. bush, about i think george w. bush made a clear point of trying to establish that relationship, because those kinds of relationships make a difference in international relations....
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so far, president obama has made 26. but once we have -- reason they didn't exist before 1980 is that there was no need for intrasession appointments by the president because the nate acted within one, two, or three days when the executive branch nomination was over. if there is a session there is no lack of availability in the session. as a matter of accommodation i'm less troubled to using the recess appointment clause that has been pending before the senate for a good while than i am in using it with respect to a nomination that has not been pending before the senate. the legality, illegality, i don't think would change one way or the other. those would either stand or fall together. as a prudential matter making it a combination. the reason being if the nomination has been before the senate, the senate has had it within its power to engage within the function. in fact, it chose not to do so. the senate has never had a called up and debated what advice to give the president on the nomination of richard cordry. minorit
so far, president obama has made 26. but once we have -- reason they didn't exist before 1980 is that there was no need for intrasession appointments by the president because the nate acted within one, two, or three days when the executive branch nomination was over. if there is a session there is no lack of availability in the session. as a matter of accommodation i'm less troubled to using the recess appointment clause that has been pending before the senate for a good while than i am in...
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senator barack obama back in two thousand and eight tocking about president george w. bush adding four trillion dollars to the debt we've known are over moen trillion dollars over. there but we are going to pay burke. dollars for every man woman and child ok responsible. patriotic yeah it sure is only the problem is that obama has added five trillion dollars to it that's in only three years into his term annualized that's almost three times what bush spent we have fifteen trillion dollars in debt national debt what punishment those illegals have if they don't do what they say at the end of the day the political system rewards complacency so to talk solutions let's bring back in karl denninger blogger and radio host of the market ticker and author of the book leverage how cheap money will destroy the world and karl i'm really curious what incentives at all do politicians have to not lie about things like you know deficit spending in order to get elected and what incentive do they have to do anything about us to school problems. absolutely none and what you've seen from
senator barack obama back in two thousand and eight tocking about president george w. bush adding four trillion dollars to the debt we've known are over moen trillion dollars over. there but we are going to pay burke. dollars for every man woman and child ok responsible. patriotic yeah it sure is only the problem is that obama has added five trillion dollars to it that's in only three years into his term annualized that's almost three times what bush spent we have fifteen trillion dollars in...
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obama thought he had them all. obama was wrong. the american political system is not right for transformation. his crisis was not as profound as the three great presidents who dominate american history and we misjudged his capacity. the fact that he ran a brilliant campaign which will be studied for decades is not an rx to somehow validate the principle that he knew how to govern. and in foreign policy, it seems to me initially he pursued the same transformative agenda. he was going to bend the arc of history, largely through rhetoric, by the way. and the more he talked, the wider the gap between his words and deeds. we saw that with the empty threat with respect to -- and the wrong misplaced threat to challenge the israelis on the whole settlement enterprise, which is not the issue he should be fighting with the israelis about. there are other issues to fight with the israelis about at the right time and at the right place and with a strategy, but not settlements. so i think he's learned. if you compare the current speech and the
obama thought he had them all. obama was wrong. the american political system is not right for transformation. his crisis was not as profound as the three great presidents who dominate american history and we misjudged his capacity. the fact that he ran a brilliant campaign which will be studied for decades is not an rx to somehow validate the principle that he knew how to govern. and in foreign policy, it seems to me initially he pursued the same transformative agenda. he was going to bend the...
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obama and where mrs. clinton actually came down, but there were some rocky days, so let's talk about mr. obama specifically. >> they were happy that they took the stand. it was not the reason why this was succeeding. we did not have that during the revolution time. the problem of mistrust requires action. in order to rebuild trust, it is not speeches, it is not media. this will require work. this is an institution base, not just making the key decisions. you have to work with a team and so on. because the relationship that would happen after we have the president is based on the mutual respect. the people of egypt. the policy reflects the values of the u.s. and not just the interests. tavis: tell us what you were thinking about during those 11 days, having been arrested, blindfolded the entire time? the physical torture and others had to endure, but how much of this reprocessing during the 11 days? >> the hardest part no one knows where i am. i was taken out of the street, taken on the night of the 27th.
obama and where mrs. clinton actually came down, but there were some rocky days, so let's talk about mr. obama specifically. >> they were happy that they took the stand. it was not the reason why this was succeeding. we did not have that during the revolution time. the problem of mistrust requires action. in order to rebuild trust, it is not speeches, it is not media. this will require work. this is an institution base, not just making the key decisions. you have to work with a team and...
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we all attribute them to obama. they're not his doing. but because i think the president came too close to congress too associated with the activity of passing legislation than trying to check congress, the president's opinion polls and his approval by the people start to track the very low opinion we have of members of congress. the flip side i think in foreign affairs this is where i think the framers did expect executive branch to come to the floor. it's the only reason you need an independent executive separate from the legislature. we could have a parliamentary system of government where the system appoints the cabinet members that are going to executive their policies. in foreign policy the framers thought you ought to have something different because foreign policy has unique differences. foreign policy is unpredictable. it's difficult for the legislature to pass laws in anticipation of what's going to happen in foreign affairs. we might be willing to accept more errors by a single person in exchange to act faster and more quickly.
we all attribute them to obama. they're not his doing. but because i think the president came too close to congress too associated with the activity of passing legislation than trying to check congress, the president's opinion polls and his approval by the people start to track the very low opinion we have of members of congress. the flip side i think in foreign affairs this is where i think the framers did expect executive branch to come to the floor. it's the only reason you need an...
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with the four obama appointme s appointments, the combined numbers for the bush and obama administrations is 171 intra-session appointments to 36 inter-session appointments. if the loc's notion that the president is free to unilaterally determine when the senate is in a constitutional recess is accepted in practice and in executive dogma, there is nothing left to the senate's confirmation authority. these inter-session appointments were supported by, as we've said, an office of legal counsel opinion that declared that the president has the unilateral discretion to determine that the senate is in recess. and unavailable to perform its device to consent functions. olc rests its conclusion on past opinions of attorneys general and its own office. historical practice that has been acquiesced in by congress and i quote here, the limited judicial authority that exists. it also rejects the applicability of the senate's rule-making authority as upsetting the balance between the branchs. the olc exaggerates, however. the persuasiveness and the consistency and the relevance of past department of ju
with the four obama appointme s appointments, the combined numbers for the bush and obama administrations is 171 intra-session appointments to 36 inter-session appointments. if the loc's notion that the president is free to unilaterally determine when the senate is in a constitutional recess is accepted in practice and in executive dogma, there is nothing left to the senate's confirmation authority. these inter-session appointments were supported by, as we've said, an office of legal counsel...
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obama thought he had them all. obama was wrong. the american political system is not right for transformation. his crisis was not as profound as the three great presidents who dominate american history and we misjudged his capacity. the fact that he ran a brilliant campaign which will be studied no decades is not an rx to somehow validate the principle that he knew how to govern. and in this foreign policy, it seems to me initially he pursued the same transformative agenda. largely through receipt error ric rhetoric. and the more he talked, the wider the gap between his words and deeds. we saw it in the misplaced threat to challenge the israelis. which is not the issue. there are other issues to fight at the right time and at the right praise a right place with a strategy. so i think he's learned. if you compare the current speech and the oslo acceptance chance, there's been a charge. he has the worst economic dislocation since the great depression. he's dealing with debt, poll tir five did deadly ds.tick, four o five did deadly ds
obama thought he had them all. obama was wrong. the american political system is not right for transformation. his crisis was not as profound as the three great presidents who dominate american history and we misjudged his capacity. the fact that he ran a brilliant campaign which will be studied no decades is not an rx to somehow validate the principle that he knew how to govern. and in this foreign policy, it seems to me initially he pursued the same transformative agenda. largely through...
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all those deals we attribute to obama. the president came too close to congress and too associated with the activity in passing legislation rather than to check congress. the president's opinion polls and opinions to start the track and very low opinion we have of members of congress. the framers did expect the executive branch to come to the floor. it's the only reason you figure out why you need to have an independent executive from the legislature. we could have a parliamentary system of government. they appoint the cabinet members who are going to execute their policies. if foreign policy, you thought they ought to have something different because foreign policy has unique differences from domestic policy. they are unpredictable and difficult for the legislature to pass laws in anticipation of what's going to happen with foreign affairs. there is more advantage to have in person with what the framers call decision,y y isecrecy and might be able to accept more errors by a single person in exchange for being faster and m
all those deals we attribute to obama. the president came too close to congress and too associated with the activity in passing legislation rather than to check congress. the president's opinion polls and opinions to start the track and very low opinion we have of members of congress. the framers did expect the executive branch to come to the floor. it's the only reason you figure out why you need to have an independent executive from the legislature. we could have a parliamentary system of...
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bush and president obama. he is joined by the nominees. pennsylvania senator fills in for chairman john kerry during this 90 minute hearing. >> good morning. today the senate foreign relations committee meets to consider the president's nominees to serve as ambassador to iraq, sri lanka. i want to thank the witnesses for appearing to discuss challenges in these countries and to discuss each nominee's work as well as their work upon confirmation and also, of course, u.s. policy in each of the countries. let me go through a little bit about each place first. in iraq the picture, of course, is mixed. nearly six months after the redeployment of u.s. troops from the country we know that political and ethic divisions remain sharp as iraq recovers from years and years of war. the current government took months to establish in 2010 and a high degree of mistrust still exists among key political factions. iraqis and americans have sacrificed greatly to support the democratic process in iraq. at this critical time we should continue to support the po
bush and president obama. he is joined by the nominees. pennsylvania senator fills in for chairman john kerry during this 90 minute hearing. >> good morning. today the senate foreign relations committee meets to consider the president's nominees to serve as ambassador to iraq, sri lanka. i want to thank the witnesses for appearing to discuss challenges in these countries and to discuss each nominee's work as well as their work upon confirmation and also, of course, u.s. policy in each of...
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what is obama's frame? a lot of scholars have struggled to define a "obama doctrine." he's very much a pragmatist and one that his difficult to pigeo hole him. what i believe is the best description for obama and frame we can look at through his policies is he believes in u.s. leadership and certainly in the promotion of u.s. american values and principles but in recognizing that we do live in a multipolar world. a world that has problems that are global in nature, that america while we're the prominent military and prominent economic power, other nations have those powers that they can apply to international affairs. we need to operate in the world not as we might wish it is, which is that america can do everything we want, but in the world that it is which is that america is the most powerful nation in the world with ybut wt impose our will as much as we would like in many places and that we're much better off and capable of advancing our interests if we're acting in conjunction and in partnership with other powerful nations around the world. so a taste of president
what is obama's frame? a lot of scholars have struggled to define a "obama doctrine." he's very much a pragmatist and one that his difficult to pigeo hole him. what i believe is the best description for obama and frame we can look at through his policies is he believes in u.s. leadership and certainly in the promotion of u.s. american values and principles but in recognizing that we do live in a multipolar world. a world that has problems that are global in nature, that america while...
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how does poverty this time around become a front-burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front-burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert kennedy appeared we have others in the house and senate. but really, people running for office tend to respond to people who push. so we have to be talking about organizing can we ought to be talking about people who are doing what we're doing here and reaching people in terms of the mass media. i think now people are very important to this. i think that the next level of people who are also being shafted here, who are not have those poor but low-wage jobs and our stock, -- and are stuck. for 40 years, the have not had a chance to go up because there are not enough jobs of there. instead of getting angry and say we will vote for somebody who will give us some help, too many of them are voting for the side that says no more taxes. in fact, let's cut the taxes of the people at the very top. that is no good for these people, but they are vo
how does poverty this time around become a front-burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front-burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert kennedy appeared we have others in the house and senate. but really, people running for office tend to respond to people who push. so we have to be talking about organizing can we ought to be talking about people who are doing what we're doing here and...
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it was obama who tripled our troops and doubled our spending. it was america as a country that made the decision. all the milly, we will be out and i am not sure how much of afghanistan will not change. >> i would agree with the general-admiral gingrich, that if we don't get the apologize from gaza, we ought to just go home. -- apology from karzai, ought to just go home. subpanels happened to that is worth taking note of. decimating al qaeda -- that was the purpose for going into afghanistan. we launched successfully to get osama bin laden. now how do we disengage? we have to do that. >> how to disengage and keep tabs on what is happening in pakistan? >> that is the problem. >> the irony is that people think of pakistan as the problem in our dealing with afghanistan, but it is the opposite. afghanistan had the strategic value only. -- onlys as a place from which you could intervene in afpakistan. it at the wedding will be a problem. the only answer is to have india -- evacuate will be a problem. the only etc. india take our role. why us? it shou
it was obama who tripled our troops and doubled our spending. it was america as a country that made the decision. all the milly, we will be out and i am not sure how much of afghanistan will not change. >> i would agree with the general-admiral gingrich, that if we don't get the apologize from gaza, we ought to just go home. -- apology from karzai, ought to just go home. subpanels happened to that is worth taking note of. decimating al qaeda -- that was the purpose for going into...
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en estados unidos el presidente, barack obama y mitt romney hacen campaÑa contrarreloj y se concentran en la clave de la contienda, lori montenegro con los detalles desde washington. >>> mitt romney sigue con ser va conservando el impulso de su campaÑa >>> estÁn seguro se siente sudo triunfo que en lugar de decir si soy electo ahora dice cuando sea presidente su optimismo estÁ basado en las encuestas >>> todo el mensaje que sale de la campaÑa de romney es ya la hicimos esto es una cuestiÓn de tiempo nada mÁs en 12 dÍas se gana la elecciÓn >>> la otra cara de la moneda que mooepientras romney tiene impul impulso, ahora el presidente le darÍa 223 votos electorales en rojo los estados que respaldan a romney. para ganar se necesitan 270 votos, pero por conquistar quedan 9 estas, incluyendo ohio que es la es clave del triunfo, mooepts l mientras las encuestas muestran que obama tiene la mayorÍa de estos estados, tambiÉn romney le pisa los estalones como en la florida. >>> hay un gran entusiasmo y que vamos a lograr que nuestros seguidores acudan a las urnas en lograr una victoria
en estados unidos el presidente, barack obama y mitt romney hacen campaÑa contrarreloj y se concentran en la clave de la contienda, lori montenegro con los detalles desde washington. >>> mitt romney sigue con ser va conservando el impulso de su campaÑa >>> estÁn seguro se siente sudo triunfo que en lugar de decir si soy electo ahora dice cuando sea presidente su optimismo estÁ basado en las encuestas >>> todo el mensaje que sale de la campaÑa de romney es ya la...
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that is exactly what obama says. he will have topivot to the middle for the campaign but he has to protect his flank. sometimes the republicans for the u.n. to the wolves as red meat. i think it could be that for political reasons, romney will not pursue a multilateral agenda. on economic issues, i don't think you have any choice. there is no unilateral option now. >> there is the question of what sort of predictor of the campaign rhetoric will actually be to what they do. >> the difficulty is that the old pattern of trying something and it doesn't work, we can do something else. to some extent, that worked at least in economic terms when the u.s. was so dominant that it could afford to do that. my worry is that right now, i love the international financial institutions are in such a vulnerable condition that if for two years they continue without a strong reform, institutions will start to cropp bob that -- crop up that will be developed, run, and managed by people who exclude the united states. you'll start to get
that is exactly what obama says. he will have topivot to the middle for the campaign but he has to protect his flank. sometimes the republicans for the u.n. to the wolves as red meat. i think it could be that for political reasons, romney will not pursue a multilateral agenda. on economic issues, i don't think you have any choice. there is no unilateral option now. >> there is the question of what sort of predictor of the campaign rhetoric will actually be to what they do. >> the...
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they include law school professors and clinton, bush, and obama officials. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> welcome become and thank you for joining us for our third panel. you will be happy to know that the professor did get his photo shoot and turns out vice president cheney did not. we will still have that for posterity. this panel is going to be -- i have to make an announcement. two of our panelists will be selling their new books during the lunch hour. you can research them here and sign it. this panel is moderated by judge thomas. you have this more than your packets. jeff griffith was appointed to the court of appeals by george w. bush in 2 thousand 5. he has a ba for brigham young university and the jd is from the university cool of law. most notably they were the proud parents of six children. they were at stanford two weeks ago for the conference and at least i don't know if it was us or the weather, but something enticed him to come back a second time. >> it's a pleasure to be here and my congratulations to the conference organizers and thanks
they include law school professors and clinton, bush, and obama officials. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> welcome become and thank you for joining us for our third panel. you will be happy to know that the professor did get his photo shoot and turns out vice president cheney did not. we will still have that for posterity. this panel is going to be -- i have to make an announcement. two of our panelists will be selling their new books during the lunch hour. you can research them here...
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i don't think everybody who agrees with obama is racist. some people not to like this president is the color of his skin. there is still a late racism out there, and i think that's true among some of the tea party peop people. you can't sweep it under the rug. some people are not comfortable that there's a black man in the white house. >> the greatest challenge would be dealing with the unprecedented barrage and back to debating public policy. from cpac yesterday, the former everyone goer of alaska, sarah palin delivering these remarks. his washington regulatory wizards, they didn't prevent the bailout. you had to bail them out. the president says small americans, small-town americans, we bitterly cling to our religion and our guns because we're just doggone frustrated. we'll keep our god, our guns, our constitution. is he, professor obama may have forgotten the bill of rights. but we shall not forsake it. including those rights that our founders risked their lives for, freedom of religion, our right to bear arms. we will rise up. we will d
i don't think everybody who agrees with obama is racist. some people not to like this president is the color of his skin. there is still a late racism out there, and i think that's true among some of the tea party peop people. you can't sweep it under the rug. some people are not comfortable that there's a black man in the white house. >> the greatest challenge would be dealing with the unprecedented barrage and back to debating public policy. from cpac yesterday, the former everyone goer...
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what is the obama administration hiding? today, the house will pass the domestic energy and jobs act, which will help create good paying jobs and by expanding american energy project in -- this is the latest in a series of more than 30 house passed jobs bills that have removed government barriers to economic growth and stop policies that are driving up gasoline prices. house republicans want to get a highway bill done. we want to build and our colleagues are working toward producing a bill. we want to make sure it is a bill that includes real reforms to ensure that taxpayer funds are paid for -- pain for legitimate projects that support economic activity. not planning more -- planting more flowers around the country. we support jack reed initiatives like the keystone pipeline. -- job-creating initiatives like the keystone pipeline. we will create jobs. we will prevent a massive tax hike and providing for a fairer, simpler tax code that lowers rates and closes special interest locals. stopping the tax hike is critical to our
what is the obama administration hiding? today, the house will pass the domestic energy and jobs act, which will help create good paying jobs and by expanding american energy project in -- this is the latest in a series of more than 30 house passed jobs bills that have removed government barriers to economic growth and stop policies that are driving up gasoline prices. house republicans want to get a highway bill done. we want to build and our colleagues are working toward producing a bill. we...
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he repeated the line obama used, instead of stepping away and saying that obama thinks the way to increase employment is to hire bureaucrats. he got the wrong word, and he is paying 48. -- for it. >> the revered poster boy of the new republican party, scott walker, governor of wisconsin, immediately took governor romney to past and said this is wrong, we want teachers, firefighters, and police and that is why we provided for them in wisconsin. mitt romney calls barack obama out of touch. being called out of touch by mitt romney is a little bit like being called tasteless by lady gaga. [laughter] it just is really too much. >> do you prepare these? >> they are spontaneous. where is the prompter? [laughter] no, i really think that president obama talking about the private sector since -- 2001, there has not been a net single job created in the united states in the private sector. that is 80 years of george w. bush and at three and a half years of poor -- 8 years of george w. bush and three and half years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record. >> what did you make of it jeb bus
he repeated the line obama used, instead of stepping away and saying that obama thinks the way to increase employment is to hire bureaucrats. he got the wrong word, and he is paying 48. -- for it. >> the revered poster boy of the new republican party, scott walker, governor of wisconsin, immediately took governor romney to past and said this is wrong, we want teachers, firefighters, and police and that is why we provided for them in wisconsin. mitt romney calls barack obama out of touch....
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one of the things talking about obama, there were conservatives, after obama's election, yeah, there were conservatives who thought obama was a kenyan socialist. and there were liberals who were mad that he wasn't. you know, so it was all people laid out these extreme positions, and nobody started talking about -- well, how do you just get together and deal with the problem at hand. you know, so, there's no good answer to it. it's a real problem, but you put your finger on a very, very important problem we have right now. >> i would just add that i think what you're describing here how do you create environments where problem-solving is the priority. and is possible. and i mean, this comes up a lot in various kinds of real politic situations, i'm sure you've dealt with this when you were in congress, mickey. but there's a lot of creative, innovative, new ways at looking at issues. whether it's in science or medicine or youth development, education, economic development. but the vested interests have to protect the constituencies, the special interests that they represent. and to go t
one of the things talking about obama, there were conservatives, after obama's election, yeah, there were conservatives who thought obama was a kenyan socialist. and there were liberals who were mad that he wasn't. you know, so it was all people laid out these extreme positions, and nobody started talking about -- well, how do you just get together and deal with the problem at hand. you know, so, there's no good answer to it. it's a real problem, but you put your finger on a very, very...
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in 2009 becoming the first republican to be appointed to an independent agency by president barack obama. now prior to becoming an fcc commissioner, commissioner mcdowell served as senior vice president for the competitive telecommunications association. we had responsibilities involving advocacy efforts before congress, the white house, and executive agencies. now, i'm not going to -- in light of what i said, i'm not going to tell you where all these guys went to school and all of that.
in 2009 becoming the first republican to be appointed to an independent agency by president barack obama. now prior to becoming an fcc commissioner, commissioner mcdowell served as senior vice president for the competitive telecommunications association. we had responsibilities involving advocacy efforts before congress, the white house, and executive agencies. now, i'm not going to -- in light of what i said, i'm not going to tell you where all these guys went to school and all of that.
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and part of the obama approach has been to improve relations with russia. not just to be a good guy and get along better, but for concrete objectives because on the nuclear side, the american position under obama is that the proliferation of nuclear weapons to other countries and their use by terrorists, nuclear terrorism is now, in fact, the top security threat to the united states. it's not the threat of 3,000 reentry vehicle change with the russians or doing this with the chinese. it is nuclear weapons will be acquired by other states. the more hands involved, the more likelihood they will be used in asia or that they will be stolen, obtained in some way by non-government groups, some of whom, as we saw through 9/11, willingness to die in support of their goals. so, the obama objective has been to bring the russians and the chinese more closely aligned with our view that we have to stop that threat. and in order to do that, we need to have persuasive arguments and tangible measures that we've taken which would be in their interests. we wanted very much t
and part of the obama approach has been to improve relations with russia. not just to be a good guy and get along better, but for concrete objectives because on the nuclear side, the american position under obama is that the proliferation of nuclear weapons to other countries and their use by terrorists, nuclear terrorism is now, in fact, the top security threat to the united states. it's not the threat of 3,000 reentry vehicle change with the russians or doing this with the chinese. it is...
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president obama. now here's christie on obama's win over romney. time and effort traordinarily into the mitt romney campaign. >> did governor romney, mort, commit a huge mistake by not going to the storm ravaged new jersey coast, joining governor christie and president obama, who were both on the scene? was it a telling mistake? because it was all over the news, night after night as after night for the week preceding the election. >> that's right. it was a mistake in retrospect. but the real mistake romney made was the way he handled chris christie when he was picking a vice presidential partner and christie was extremely alienated by whatever that process was. but absolutely, romney had the chance to show up and be a player and be a visual player on all of television and he wasn't there. >> what could be said that he would be capital liesing on a nonpolitical event. >> that is the point. >> that is not the point. >> that is the point. >> the head of the party ought to be there. >> he had no role, and he wisely stepped aside. he would have been acc
president obama. now here's christie on obama's win over romney. time and effort traordinarily into the mitt romney campaign. >> did governor romney, mort, commit a huge mistake by not going to the storm ravaged new jersey coast, joining governor christie and president obama, who were both on the scene? was it a telling mistake? because it was all over the news, night after night as after night for the week preceding the election. >> that's right. it was a mistake in retrospect. but...
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when president obama came into office he requested a review of the entire program. the politics, the policy, the technical capabilities, future plans, and we were also under con strastraints because congre basically mandated that the administration provide them with a report on our approach with an ear. this has actually been the first comprehensive review of all aspects of our programs into a published, unclassified open report. and this came out in february 2010. it's on the web. ballistic missile defense review report. anybody can read it. when we came into office, what we inherited was a proposal from the george w. bush administration to put some interceptors, ten interceptors, in poland. and a radar, a sophisticated radar in the czech republic. and assorted other capabilities and it was basically justified as an attempt to deter or necessarily to degrade an iranian attack on european targets. but it did provoke the russians who saw this as kind of a toe in the water leading to a capability that could degrade their strategic retaliatory capability. now, many tim
when president obama came into office he requested a review of the entire program. the politics, the policy, the technical capabilities, future plans, and we were also under con strastraints because congre basically mandated that the administration provide them with a report on our approach with an ear. this has actually been the first comprehensive review of all aspects of our programs into a published, unclassified open report. and this came out in february 2010. it's on the web. ballistic...
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obama will say that he is now tested as national security commander, et cetera. i think each side will try to frame the other as not having a good grasp or not having the tools to manage america's role in the world. we don't know what romney actually thinks about foreign policy, he hasn't written much about it, he's got advisers from every part of the spectrum. but when i read his -- the couple of speeches he has actually given on foreign policy and you strip away the rhetoric and look at what he says he would do, i find it indistinguishable from the essential policy lines of the obama administration. >> mr. strobe, i want to ask you to pick up what's in your paper, which is the discussion of how -- excuse me. the discussion of these issues on the campaign trail actually affects a lot of the deeper things that are going on, the negotiations, the conversations with foreign nations, and how it affect those relationships. >> sure. thank you, isaac i'll pick up from what bruce has said -- in the category of respondents. which is we couldn't find much to dispute. focu
obama will say that he is now tested as national security commander, et cetera. i think each side will try to frame the other as not having a good grasp or not having the tools to manage america's role in the world. we don't know what romney actually thinks about foreign policy, he hasn't written much about it, he's got advisers from every part of the spectrum. but when i read his -- the couple of speeches he has actually given on foreign policy and you strip away the rhetoric and look at what...
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president barack obama clear steered. of saving america's historic commitments to international justice. and don't believe that anybody will support the law on the other hand i also have a belief that when the bill for as was as possible of working backwards last june obama's u.s. justice department dropped ninety nine out of one hundred one cases against cia interrogators over the use of torture i'm not afraid the curly administration wants to keep those options open and you don't want to leave all these techniques just as far as your torture because that would prohibit them from using them by weaving that we will definition however slight we agree we shall be optional plying these techniques once again and there is what is frightening here scholars attorneys and human rights experts around the world have called for the prosecution of senior bush administration officials who designed in order torture tactics however critics say the unspoken agreement within countries proclaiming to pioneer democracy is to never turn on y
president barack obama clear steered. of saving america's historic commitments to international justice. and don't believe that anybody will support the law on the other hand i also have a belief that when the bill for as was as possible of working backwards last june obama's u.s. justice department dropped ninety nine out of one hundred one cases against cia interrogators over the use of torture i'm not afraid the curly administration wants to keep those options open and you don't want to...
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obama care is going to fail on january 1, 2014, or shortly thereafter. why aren't we holding him accountable for that fact? or one aspect that i guess this would be more bipartisan, although the guy i work for pushed it. immigration reform. we're all for immigration reform. we all want a path to citizenship. i'm for it. i've got three kids that were adopted from overseas. i'm very much for immigration. part of my family. i went through the naturalization process with them. if you want to go to arlington to where i had to go to go through it, doors open at 8:30. you better be there at 6:30 and get in line or you don't get a number that's sufficient to get you to the head of the cue for the rest of the day. that's what's going on in the ims. we now process 800,000 people a year. let's say we double the capacity of the ins so we can do another 800,000. if we built a fence, no more illegal immigrants, just to process the 11 million who are there, no new additions, it would take us 14 years. how is it that we in a bipartisan way in the establishment are putti
obama care is going to fail on january 1, 2014, or shortly thereafter. why aren't we holding him accountable for that fact? or one aspect that i guess this would be more bipartisan, although the guy i work for pushed it. immigration reform. we're all for immigration reform. we all want a path to citizenship. i'm for it. i've got three kids that were adopted from overseas. i'm very much for immigration. part of my family. i went through the naturalization process with them. if you want to go to...